William Foye
Union Fire-Club
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Joined the Union Fire-Club after 1757 and before January 14, 1759 (date not legible).
Mr. Foye came on board the ship Canning in 1749, as part of Cornwallis' expedition. He was registration number 798, his occupation was listed as Captain and it says he had with him five male servants and 2 female servants. (Source: ship manifest)
From Wikipedia:
William Foye (November 1, 1716 – September 1, 1771) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1759.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William Foye, who served as treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Campbell. Foye was educated at Harvard College. He served as lieutenant in the expedition against Cartagena. Foye came to Halifax with Edward Cornwallis in 1749. He served as provost marshal for the province from 1749 until his death and was lieutenant-colonel in the Halifax militia. He died in Halifax at the age of 54.
From Expeditions of Honour: The Journal of John Salusbury in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1749-53 (1982).
Foye, Captain William. Foye was a prominent New Englander who arrived in Halifax with Cornwallis' convoy aboard the Canning. He was born in Boston in 1716, the son of William Foye, the treasurer and receiver general of Massachusetts, 1736-59, from whom he subsequently inherited valuable Boston properties. A graduate of Harvard, he had served in New England as a lieutenant and is listed as captain of an independant company on his arrival in Halifax. Cornwallis appointed him provost marshal in 1749, and he held this position until he died in 1771. Foye served as a member of the Legislative Assembly in 1758-59 and held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Halifax County militia in 1762.